Dr Deepak Rudrappa, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon from Bangalore, Karnataka, started farming not for commercial gains but to get close to nature. He converted a barren two-acre land, which he bought in 2017, into agricultural land. In the last four years, the land has seen the growth of twenty Ayurvedic trees, eighteen types of fruit…

The District Administration of Trichy, Tamil Nadu, has started encouraging all the government schools to open kitchen gardens, where they can grow vegetables on their own, for their mid-day meals. This scheme aims to make all government schools self-sufficient and to ensure there is no reduction in the quality of food served to students.

Seven-year-old Noel Alexander from Kochi, Kerala, holds an Asia Book of Records for recalling the countries of origin of 120 multinational companies, just with their official logos. The Class I student has recently entered the India Book of Records for performing the same feat in three minutes and 40 seconds. Noel, who shows interest in…

The Government Higher Secondary School in Somarasampettai, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, has re-enrolled 50 school dropouts this year as part of a special drive. This drive, initiated by Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, aims to bring young potential dropouts back to classrooms as the teachers go door to door, to identify and re-admit them.